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[G1 Android Development] Cherodactyl:
Forget it. After 4 hours & the crazy amounts of times I wiped, formatted, repartitioned my card over & over again, I finally managed to it by myself.
[G1 Android Development] bdaboy338:
have anyone else have battery life problems. i did this apps to sd, and its running perfect, but my battery died really fast. anyone knows y?
[G1 Android Development] cyprien85:
So I tried this again just now and the application creates the partition just fine and creates no problems until I mount it to my PC to drag over my media. As soon as I put the media on there and it goes to mount the card back on the phone I get a boot loop.

Is this a known thing and I'm just missing a step of some sort?

The only thing I'm doing to create the partition is running the apps to sd 2 app from the market. Is there more that I need to do?
[G1 Android Development] zzrssh:
Worked great! thanks a ton.
[G1 Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
Marcus -

Just looking at your script here as I have all my apps on my SD but for some reason I'm having real trouble getting the link back after a wipe, so I'm going to start again.

I presume above where you ran apps2sd you actually downloaded it forst from the market? as there's no mention of that.

Thanks

JJ
[G1 Android Development] B-Eazy:
Curious...

I searched this thread and some many unhelpful results came back

The way this app works is to make your phone think that the partition on ur sdcard is the internal mem storage right? So will my phone use my the partition to store cache and other data?
[G1 Android Development] IRIE4IPIER:
lucid is the best way
[G1 Android Development] Mr.Jigolo:
works great for me. battery life intact. still bad anyway. didn't get worst.

however, some apps like mobile defense, androzip, my backup pro and others, won't work on the sd. they need to be installed on the phone itself.

any ideas?
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
Lucid is the easiest way. Symlinks are not as good as UnionFS
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Heh, that was actually posted by "ThatsBS", not me. And yes, I'm assuming he downloaded appstosd2 either from the market or from this thread before hand. A wipe would clear out the scripts which would explain why you lose the link. Cyanogen's and TheDude's ROMs won't have that problem since they have the scripts built into their system directories.
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Hmm haven't experienced that(but then again I use Robo Defense, Unzip, and Backup for root users). Have you tried reinstalling them? Some apps will break after the change over but reinstalling them usually fixes it.
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Hmm personally I've had something where as soon as I mount it back on the phone it restarts the phone, but it eventually does start back up for me. Have you tried waiting a while(BTW, went back to symlinks for a tiny bit to try out Hero and it still happened for me using them)
[G1 Android Development] overground:
How did you go from unionfs to symlinks back to unionfs? I tried Hero for a while, and had to reinstall all apps and symlink. Nandroiding back to Dude's rom made me have to reinstall all apps under unionfs again. Learned the hard way (although common sense would suggest) that if you mess with your file systems on sd card, a nandroid won't save you. :(
[G1 Android Development] xnycen:
i need some suggestion please:

So i just got my 8gb sd card, currently running Cyanogen 3.4 on my phone(no app2sd) what should i do first?
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Hm? I didn't have any problems. When you move to the Hero builds with symlinks your apps wont be there(because there's nothing telling the OS they are). So you just make the symlinks(or use appstosd version 1 which does so for you), restart, and they should all magically appear again.
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Partition your card, you can do so either on your computer or with my appstosd2 app(if you use my app make sure you have a good internet connection, be patient, ignore any notifications and press wait if it asks to force close. Also be aware that it can fail so you might need to reflash the ROM if it hangs at the G1 logo). Once you do that you can use my appstosd2 app to copy all your apps to the sd card. Then you're set. If you ever want to move an app back to internal memory you can do so from the "Manage Apps" section of my app.
[G1 Android Development] mjb337:
is it really that easy to partition your sdcard? i have tried everything under the sun to partition my sdcard with paragon and god knows what else and i always fail...paragon even screwed up my first sdcard and left me with only 15.8MB i had to buy another sdcard which is only 2GB but more than enough to partition i asume so getting to my point how to really do this partitioning thing on my rooted G1 2GB running JF with HTC HERO v1.3.5? i would really appreciate it...
[G1 Android Development] overground:
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I haven't checked, but does that version of Hero support unionfs? If you're using a rom that does, yes it really is that easy. I highly recommend 7tools partition manager over paragon. There's a free demo at download.com which has been working for months for me, although I only use it for this purpose.
[G1 Android Development] BigWorldJust:
If I download the application from your post, do I still have to pay 99 cents?
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Um... yes, otherwise the smoke monster will come and get you. (Of course not, even if I wanted to how could I force you to pay the $.99?)
[G1 Android Development] BigWorldJust:
LoL, so it's free? Where do I place it on my SD card anyway? In the root?
[G1 Android Development] overground:
Man, just pay the $0.99 and let the market install it for you. At least you'll feel good about supporting one of the most helpful members of this forum.
[G1 Android Development] BigWorldJust:
I can't even find it in the market.
[G1 Android Development] Mr.Jigolo:
i tried re-installing. each app attempts to download then goes to install and the phone shuts off! i tried different ones (apps i'm having trouble with) and they all do the same: download then can't install coz somehow they force the phone to reboot.

strange.
[G1 Android Development] BigWorldJust:
Wow I put the init.rc and the other file in the root of my SD card and it says in Terminal emulator, file cannot be found >_>..
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
... sure you don't have a typo anywhere? If you are then try:

ls /sdcard

and make sure both files show up(init.rc and a2sd.sh)
[G1 Android Development] BigWorldJust:
I just found out I don't have the right class SD card to even use Apps2SD :(.
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
uhh oooh. i did something now

Well looks as if didnt work for me, im stuck at the G1 logo screen for 10 min now. any idea what i did wrong? followed direction set the partition size waited for reboot after that nothing just stuck.
[G1 Android Development] aminderler:
Thank you for the tutorial. It definitely worked without a problem.(bought the market version, didn't take the freebie but that is very generous) I know Marcus said that he is working on AppstoSD 2 so that it works in reverse. I want to see if anyone can tell me how to reformat my SD card so that there are no partitions. Basically I just tried formatting it again and that failed. I follow all of these instructions fine but I think I reversed the way I wanted to partition my card i.e. 1500mb on the card and 5900 internal memory vs. the other way around. Apologies if this is a total "noob" question and if this is too long but, I've searched the forum for the answer but it only lead down a path to "oh i have to root my phone, what does that mean?"

Not going to lie I am not comfortable messing with/deleting what I don't understand.

Thanks

Andrew

The Dudes Cupcake1.3rc1

Radio: 2.22.19.26I

SPL: 1.33.2005

Recovery: Cyanogen 1.2

8GB Class 6

Apps2SD - kinda

Theme: HTC Hero v1.3.5
[G1 Android Development] lazee_smurf:
I have the jf1.51 and I also downloaded apps2sd and followed the directions. Let it partion my card and let it reboot but um also stuck on G! Screen. I took the card out and put it in my other phone and the sd directory says TMP when I clicked details it said 506 mb device free space and 506 device total space. What happened why won't it reboot back to home screen? Please help
[G1 Android Development] Mr.Jigolo:
Marcus,

i tried re-installing. each app attempts to download then goes to install and the phone shuts off! i tried different ones (apps i'm having trouble with) and they all do the same: download then can't install coz somehow they force the phone to reboot.
[G1 Android Development] DSBP1:
partition your thing again....that happened to me too with Marcus apps2sd2....I perferred to partition my SD with Martinfick's formula...and use Marcus method to put my apps on my sd....
[G1 Android Development] lebron212:
This happened to me too. Any idea on what's the problem? I followed the steps correctly??
[G1 Android Development] DSBP1:
go to adb..

adb push appname.apk system/app

Now pay the $.99:D
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
Ok let the newbie come out from down inside lol. i will feel like a tard if someone points out what im doing wrong that has been b-slaping ,mr in the face so i reflashed the phone with JFv1.51 formatted the sd card to fat32 and copied the two files onto the sd card, entered into terminal emulator commands needed to begin the process. rebooted then started up apps2sd set the fat32 at est 3350 and ext 197.7 sorry about close guess dont have acurate info. yes the program did force close but i waited until it said reboot now so again im back at the g1 logo waited for 15min but nothing so i had to data wipe and reflash jfv1.51 back

i did DL the free app but do i wanna pay 0.99 for an app that may not work either. if the free would work then id would buy the paid the help furthur expenses in development.

ok inthe above about the partioning the extension is what i need for apps correct? fat32 to be for normal storage? or did i have a brain fart and do it backwards.

though i do have a 4gb sdhc class 4 dont know if that may be what im having problems with. i hope i have provided enough detail that might help see something im overlooking,incorrect order, or plain out its not going to work either with the rom im using or the sdhc class 4 card. thanks in advance
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Well it sounds like your card was at least partitioned... Try running those commands to put those 2 files back(put a2sd.sh and init.rc on your sd card again and then run the terminal commands from my first post and then reboot. Supposing that works(it should), just run appstosd2 again and it should come up with a screen with some buttons. Press "move apps to sd" and then the phone will restart and you should be set.
[G1 Android Development] Mr.Jigolo:
appstosd2 worked fine on jf 1.51

however, about 4 or 5 of my apps can no longer be installed. they don't show in my apps so i could remove them, and when i try to install any of them, it just downloads then as it starts installing, somehow forces the phone to reboot

any ideas? (some of the apps i'm having trouble with are: Mobile Defense, MyBackup pro, and AndroZip)
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
yes i assumed is was already partitioned but once after i had to reboot after choosing partion size the phone just boots up to g1 screen and hangs like i said i waited 15 min to see same g1 logo. i had to get my rescue sd card to get the phone back up and runnin again. ill give this another shot. im using a 4gb sdhc class4 sd card will partition fat32 to about or around 35??.??mb and i know for sure the ext will be 197.7mb unless ive being stupid and doing it backwards.

just to be for sure

format to fat32

add the two files that are required to sd

open terminal emulater with su and input the commands

reboot phone

open apps2sd and partition the card

it will force close but wait for reboot button

reboot ............hang at g1 logo......10min still there

now have to get my rescue card do a data wipe and reinstall the jf rom
[G1 Android Development] B-Eazy:
That happened to me to. i just reflashed my rom and did it again. You shouldn't have to wipe flashing the same rom.

I think you need a good connection too. I was on edge but had decent reception
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Hmm maybe those are private apps? Try this in terminal emulator and see if it fixes it:

su

chown system.system /system/sd/app-private

chown system.system /system/sd/app
[G1 Android Development] Mr.Jigolo:
Marcus, still no luck. phone still reboots as soon as the installation starts!
[G1 Android Development] Beast84:
Anyone with the wallpaper problem tried using wallpaper set & save from the market??
[G1 Android Development] malaeus:
can anyone help me with the read-only error? im trying to create the system/sd/app directory, yet it will not let me, says it is read only.

class 6 4Gb formatted using a mac, used macfuse to allow me to format the ext2
[G1 Android Development] AustinKnight45:
What rom do you have JF1.50????
[G1 Android Development] malaeus:
yes, JF 1.50
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
If it's read only that probably means your ext2 isn't mounted for whatever reason(Possibly a messed up ext2 partition?) To make sure run this in the terminal editor:

su

busybox df -h

and see if /system/sd shows up. If not then something is wrong and the ext2 partition won't mount
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Double post! GAH!
[G1 Android Development] malaeus:
ya something is wrong. how would i go about fixing this? i guess the MacFuse Ext2 didnt work as well as i had hoped...
[G1 Android Development] rasturn:
same thing, i repartitioned the drive again and so far so good, i used this,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3582509&postcount=52
[G1 Android Development] jroid:
im having a problem setting the wallpapers that are in the wallpaper gallery. i choose the one I want and it just exists out without changing the wallpaper
[G1 Android Development] malaeus:
followed the tut, still doesnt seem to be working.
[G1 Android Development] rasturn:
Wallpaper

me to it works just have to restart to take effect, anyone got any answers?
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Personally I have no idea, will try as soon as I can but testing the next version of The Dude's ROM right now so a bit busy...
[G1 Android Development] david1171:
messaging and maps not working

after a reboot this afternoon, maps force closes every time i open it and messaging opens, shows a black screen then closes and will not let me use it. i tried a factory wipe and maps and messaging worked until i put the code into terminal emulator then after reboot they went back to doing the same thing. i have tried a factory wipe 3 times now with the same results each time. until someone can address this issue at least chomp sms works. thanks in advance to anyone who can give me some advice.
[G1 Android Development] Cherodactyl:
Okay so I have read this ENTIRE thread and I still can't get passed the first step. This is what I'm doing.

$ su

# mkdir /system/sd/app

but I keep getting mkdir failed for /system/sd/app, Read-only file system

I followed instructions at this thread on partitioning because for some reason the many times I partitioned through Partition Editor in ubuntu makes it so it wasn't mounting the ext2 part of my sd. I made a backup of my sdcard before doing this too. It's not that I don't know what I'm doing because I've been rooting and manually updating g1's for quite a bit now (my boyfriend and my roommates g1s) so following any instructions shouldn't be too hard. I just keep getting that same error. Anyone figure out anything ANYTHING I can do because this really is frustrating!
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
really? Both work perfectly for me... Did you move the cache or dalvik-cache to the sdcard? a wipe won't clear things on the sdcard so you might try that.
[G1 Android Development] malaeus:
finally got it, a friend with ubuntu helped me out. but i am wondering, do apps installed on internal memory work faster? and if so, is there a visual program that would allow me to move apps back and forth. so i may use things such as aHome on internal mem to run faster, and other stuff. weather channel flashlight. etc on sd?

thanks
[G1 Android Development] david1171:
yeah i did dalvik-cache, private-app, and data. it was working for me perfectly earlier today but then messed up.
[G1 Android Development] david1171:
sorry i am a compete noob at this. should i try and clear my dalvik-cache and see if that fixes it, or what are you saying? sorry for lack of understanding
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
run this in any terminal(emulator, adb, recovery doesn't matter) as root:

rm /system/sd/dalvik-cache/*

reboot

and it'll clear the dalvik-cache. Hopefully that'll fix it.

EDIT: By the way, using the test version of The Dude's 0.95 which has this process built in and it's freaking sweet. My Open Overclocker app started up to overclock at boot before the setup wizard even came up lol
[G1 Android Development] david1171:
thank you so much. that fixed it. i really appreciate how supportive the people one this site are
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
just a thought do i need to do a fresh install when attempting the apps2sd or does it really matter if i already have jfv1.51 with moon theme installed.
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
apps2sd issue hangs at g1 logo

just a thought do i need to do a fresh install when attempting the apps2sd or does it really matter if i already have jfv1.51 with moon theme installed.
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
ok im kinda freaked here but even even after i reinstalled the jf rom i did followed the directions rebooted then installed apps to sd. but it didnt ask to partition the sd card, the the fisrt time i tried it i got stuck at the g1 logo the second time after reinstall of jf it never asked but showed i had 208mb and 73 internal after i selected the options i wanted pretty much everything i finish and did a reboot checked my settings. now it says i have 208mb of internal memory. is it supposed to show that? cuz i seen that decrease after installing several apps. or is the internal memkory just indicating the the actuall partion of the sd card. really im confused
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
internal memory as shown by the phone(in the sd card and phone settings menu) will show the ext2 space available after using this.
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Could you get an "adb logcat" printout of what happens when you try to install? Assuming of course that you have adb installed on your computer...
[G1 Android Development] AngryCookieMonster:
thanks that took a load off my chest it was the throwing my mind for a loop. so to say everything went fine with it saying i have 200mb of internal memory correct? if so what about in the future i decide to up space how would i go about that.
[G1 Android Development] TheGreenJester:
Simply resize your partition (the FAT32 will shrink, EXT2/3 will grow).
[G1 Android Development] zerolgk5:
huh...

Hello and thanks in advance! I recently updated to haykuros ionr2 build and have been having some trouble getting my apps on my sd. After formatting the partiton and wiping the phone I had some success using the a2sd.apk, whereas the apps are going to the sd, but my internal memory is at 60mb and decling. I moved both the Apps and dalvik cache, but maybe I missed something else. Any insight on this would be awesome. Thanks again.
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
This method doesn't work with any of Haykuro's ROMs. If you try Cyanogen's ROM it should work with that though.
[G1 Android Development] zerolgk5:
Hey thanks for the quick response! I actually just found another app on the market that moves various caches to the sd and that seems to have solved it.

I'm running haykuros ion r2 right now, and the apps to sd seems to have worked fine. It just didn't move certain caches(browser, maps, etc.) I'm back to 69m internal. I'll let you know if anything changes. Thanks again!
[G1 Android Development] navdroid:
i would love for someone to sell me on the apps2sd idea. i dont use many apps on my phone, i have tons of space on it. my phone isnt sluggish. would going thru all this mess to get it working with my phone be worth it? does this open up new features that werent possible before?
[G1 Android Development] Shrivel:
I'd say if you are judicious about the number and size of the apps you install, there's no benefit to running apps off the SD card for you.
[G1 Android Development] j007w:
not working

After the step in making the app-private and dalvik-cache directories and rebooted all my installed apps are gone. Some built-in apps such as Brower, GMap, etc. aren't working neither. Terminal Emulator is gone as well. I tried to download Linda to see if I can re-install Apps2SD but realized I can't install anything. Tried installing with adb but that failed as well. What can I do to fix this? Please help. Thanks in advance!
[G1 Android Development] j007w:
gave up

OK, I've tried 7 or 8 times from scratch to get this to work, got G1 stuck screen, missing apps, apps wouldn't install...etc. like many others. Then I found this (see quote) so I just wiped one last time and flashed 1.51 back and called it quit for now. At least my phone is working again.
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
Can't Partition SD Card with AppstoSD2

Hi all! I posted a while back with an issue and there were a couple of suggestions I tried out to no avail. I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction or let me know what small detail I'm probably missing to make this work.

FYI, I'm using a newly bought and formatted 8GB Class 6 Micro SD Card with Cyanogen's latest 3.4.2 ROM. The issue I'm stuck with is that I cannot partition the SD Card at all. I can't do it in Windows since it doesn't like to partition removable storage, and I can't get it to show up in partition software. I installed the AppstoSD2 app in the beginning of this thread, and loaded that up hoping to partition that way. It tells me that my card isn't partitioned and then I set up my partitions with the slider (~400MB ext2, the remaining Fat32). After I select the sizes the app almost immediately finishes, says it's complete, and tells me to reboot. The thing is, it doesn't format the card at all. After rebooting and loading the application it tells me my card isn't partitioned, and I do it over as many times as I like with no change.

Does anyone have any idea why this happens and how to correct it? I've also noticed that when I copy the a2sd and init files to the /data directory in the terminal using the first post instructions, the files don't appear there. Not sure why I can't place anything in that folder, or if it's related to the problem (I'm assuming those are just required to ensure that future applications are installed straight to the SD card as opposed to being part of the partition process).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[G1 Android Development] Thats BS:
Cyanogens' rom doesn't support this process.

"DO NOT RUN ANY OTHER APPS2SD APPLICATIONS ON THIS BUILD. YOU WILL BREAK YOUR SYSTEM. THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE THIS ROM WILL DO A2SD AUTOMATICALLY AND BETTER!" - from Cyanogens first page.

If using his rom, you need to partition the sd card first, use paragon or something similar to get a ext2 or ext3. Then reboot in recovery and use the move apps to sd option. Should be good to go after that.
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
Awesome! Thanks a bunch, you just saved me a lot of time and heartache messing around with the downloaded apps.